Welcome to the JANUARY 2019 Kre8tors Blog Hop!​If you have hopped on over from Kathy's Blog - welcome!This month we are challenged to play Tic Tac Toe!We must create a project that matches 3 of the squares in a line!

Lots of my craft stuff is still in boxes so I struggled to find things. The easiest for me was a diagonal line from the top left to bottom right: Sequins, Punch, Ribbon.

Inspired by a project in the new Sale-a-bration catalog (page 7) I made this frame. It uses the new Butterfly Duet Punch, the Gingham Gala Adhesive Backed Sequins and the Organdy Ribbon pack from the Sale-a-bration Catalog.

I have to admit this challenge really had me scuppered at first - but I REALLY enjoyed making this project once I got started. Maybe it's because it is spring-like colours and a nice change from all the Christmas and Holiday items of late.

I used the cardstock colours in the ribbon and sequin packs and then twisted and rolled the ribbon into circles to create 'flowers' and folded the green to make 'leaves'.

Thanks for stopping by. You can click on the next button to hop on over to Deb's blog or click on any of the names below. ​

Welcome to the Creatin' With Kirsteen stop on the November Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month we are highlighting Happy Holidays!

Weren't Anastasia''s projects awesome? You can navigate back to her blog, or forward to Pia's...by clicking on the previous or next name at the bottom of this post (you are currently at #1).

Christmas is always a Holiday that makes me happy and recently the little elves in the Signs of Santa bundle make me just want to wrap presents, get the tree decorated and cook a turkey!

When I purchased the Santa's Workshop Memories and More Card Pack I really thought it would be like most of the card packs I've purchased and sit in my stash untouched - but I took it with me to retreat and made LOADS of cards with it using 2 of the packs of Santa's Workshop Cards and Envelopes.

​Here are a few of my favorite....and as you can see they have a common theme - they all have those CUTE little elves on them :)

I am so in love with those wee elves that I used them as inspiration for my bag design - here I made a simple small gift bag from a piece of Crumb Cake Card stock and then added clothing to look like the little elves in the card pack...

To make those little curly tip boots I used heart framelits cutting a smaller one out of a larger one, then trimmed the smaller top piece off (that gives the sole of the shoe) and then cut 2 of the ghost framelit from the cauldron bubble bundle...and trimmed the 'head' off the ghost and used the 'tails' as the trims for the boots.

I hope you liked my projects....Thanks for stopping by. Click on #2 to hop on for more Happy Holiday ideas!​K :)

​As I type this I am preparing to head off to Orlando to the Stampin' Up! OnStage event. When this post goes live I will be traveling back to Houston and then heading off to a wedding - so I have had to schedule my post - lets hope things go to plan!

Stampin' Up! are celebrating a big Birthday this year - the company is 30 years old and for OnStage we were asked to make Celebration Cards as swaps - so I went back into the main Annual Catalog and used a stamp set and Framelits that I hadn't used before. The Sea of Textures Stamp Set and Under The Sea Framelits. I made a shaker card that is also a pop-up gift card holder.​

Here is a wee video of the movement...

Here is what you need to make this Gift Card Holder:

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you get lots of Birthday inspiration on this hop! Now hop on over to Jan's Blog by clicking on the next arrow or on her name below to see what she has created.

Welcome to the Creatin' With Kirsteen stop on the September Stampin Friends Blog Hop!

This month we are highlighting Halloween themed projects.

Weren't Sandra's projects awesome? You can navigate back to her blog, or forward to Katja's...by clicking on the previous or next name at the bottom of this post (you are at #1).

I can't believe that we are looking at Halloween projects already! This year has flown by and it's still 95F here in Houston!

Do you remember these treat boxes I created a few years ago? I decided to revisit them (since yet again my mojo has walked) and use them as inspiration for todays projects.
​CLICK HERE TO GO TO THAT 2015 POST

There is a list of what I used for this project at the bottom of this post, but to make this treat box I cut one full box from the Takeout Thinlet Dies in Granny Apple Green and trimmed the top tabs off.
Then I cut another box in Black and using scissors I cut a jagged edge around the top making sure I was always about 1/4" from the top.
I then ran a thin line of adhesive around the top of the 'hair' that I had created and glued the black 'top' to the Granny Apple Green 'box base'.
I then punched a couple of circles in white and black and added those for eyes, punched another in Granny Apple Green and sponged the edge then adhered that with a Stampin' Dimensional.
I added the mouth freehand with a Grey Marker.

Can you tell how I made the 'bolts'? Believe it or not - those are pieces from the Christmas Bulb punch!! I punched 2 for each side, rolled up a glue dot between two of them to create a little dimension then glued them on with multipurpose adhesive.

I used the 'mummy' from the pillow boxes as inspiration for my card - it's basic but I think cute - and EASY to replicate! Tear strips of Very Vanilla and sponge the edges with Sahara Sand then glue one layer over another. Punch 2 circles in White, 2 in Vanilla and 2 in Black. Tear the Vanilla ones in half and sponge then glue on top of one another.

I hope you liked my projects....Thanks for stopping by. Click on #2 to hop on for more Holloween ideas!​K :)

This month's theme is Sympathy. Unfortunately, this is something everyone can relate to.Creating a Sympathy card can be difficult, it's hard to be creative in the midst of mourning, or to know how to create for someone else who is hurting. Hopefully this hop will give you some ideas, making the process easier for some.

I love the simple elegance of this new stamp set - Wishing You Well. I wanted to use the wreath and do the baby wipe technique - but my re-inkers are packed away somewhere - so I stamped the image then added some extra colors with markers.

Thanks for stopping by!Hop on over to the next stop on the hop - Su's Blog by clicking on Next.​You can also hop on back or on to anywhere by clicking on the names at the bottom of this post.